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The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type."
Stonehouse War Memorial is situated in the middle of Stonehouse Cemetery and lists those who died in both World Wars. WWI soldiers names are on the side that faces the cemetery gates and WWII names are on the opposite side. The memorial is in the form of a cross on a long shaft which stands on a four tiered octagonal plinth.
The Stone House began to fill quickly with soldiers. One Union officer noted the muddy dirt floor of the cellar was covered with soldiers. Colonel John S. Slocum , wounded mortally as he led the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry , was carried to the house and treated by Surgeon James Harris of the 1st Rhode Island Infantry .
Stonehouse was historically a chapelry of the parish of Plymouth St Andrew's, covering the part of the parish which lay outside Plymouth's borough boundaries. Stonehouse was made a separate parish in 1746. [3] The parish of East Stonehouse was made a local government district in 1872, governed by a local board. [4]
Since the Corps' foundation in 1664, Marines have been quartered in Plymouth. Following their formation into three divisions in 1775, His Majesty's Marine Forces became the first corps in Britain to be fully accommodated in their own barracks, which were established in the three divisional towns of Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth; Stonehouse is the only one of these to have survived.
Stonehouse appears in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book of 1086 [2] under its Old English name “Stanhus” – so called, it is believed, because the manor house was built of stone rather than the usual wattle and daub. [3] William de Ow, a cousin of William the Conqueror, owned the manor lands which included a vineyard, and two mills. [4]
The Stonehouse line was the only one in Plymouth to be built to the British 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. [4] Its trams were hauled by horses; two worked right through from Plymouth to Devonport but an additional pair were added to help across Stonehouse Bridge and one or two more were added to these for the journey up ...
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